2022-2025 Strategic Plan

Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-racism Office 2022 - 2025 Strategic Plan Framework

The office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Anti-racism is pleased to share the framework of our 2022-2025 strategic plan. We hope to release our Comprehensive Strategic plan in the near future, as we continue to expand our team. As you review this framework, we welcome and look forward to your feedback. Please share any comments, suggestions, or questions by emailing equity@uwaterloo.ca

Vision Statement

Disrupt systemic oppression and lead a transformative culture change in which equity and anti-racism are fully embodied at the University of Waterloo.

Mission Statement

Build, incubate and enhance EDI-R competency and capacity across campus to identify and interrupt institutional barriers and embed equity within policies, processes, environments and experiences at the University of Waterloo.

Guiding Principles:

Collective Impact
Targeted Universalism
Sankofa
Inclusive Leadership
Intersectionality
Systems focus
Restorative Justice
Transformative Justice
Evidence-based decision making
Universal design
Anti-Oppressive Practice

Goals and Objectives:

Lead and facilitate culture change
Ensure EDI-R leadership is centralized, accessible and accountable
Increase the financial sustainability of the EDI-R Unit

New EDI-R Projects

Program Area Leads (PALs)

Building an educational environment that allows every individual to reach their full potential is our collective responsibility at the University of Waterloo. The PALs program aims to develop and support new and existing EDI-R leads to assist in a coordinated and centralized approach, embedding EDI-R within their units/areas. We will be selecting 20 PALs for the pilot. 1 representing each of the Faculties, 1 from each of the AFIW’s 3 from the Centres and Institutes and 10 from the Academic Support Units.

EDI-R Intake Form

The EDI-R office is here to support you. To help us best support the needs of our campus community, we have launched an online intake form where individual or departmental requests can be made. These requests can include recommending new projects, a training request, disclosure of harm, general EDI-R inquiry etc.

Upcoming EDI-R Projects

AIWL: Advancing into Waterloo Leadership: a pilot program that aims to support racialized employees achieve transferable skills and knowledge to advance into senior leadership/management roles.

EDI-R Office Fellowship Program

Anti-Racism Impact Assessment
Black and Indigenous Faculty Mentorship Program
Transitional Year Program
Inclusive Washrooms
Anti-Racism Policy and response guidelines
Anti-Racism response case review system
Menstrual Products

More information, including the launch dates of these projects will be released within the calendar year